Babu
Time: 18:30
Date: Sunday 14 March
Duration: 90 min
Artists: Featuring Kesivan Naidoo (drums and cymbals), Reza Khota (guitar), Ronan Skillen (tabla, digeridoo and extended percussion) and Shane Cooper (bass)
The binding force that brings this Cape Town based band of four highly imaginative and proficient musicians together is respect. Respecting the music and sharing a love for some of the most invigorating improvisational sounds in Jazz over the last 60 years, drawing inspiration from the searching spirit in Jazz and its ability to tap into the more complex realms of human experience and the subconscious, perhaps mystical world. This desire to look into the depth of shared musical experience leads us to investigate the improvisational practices of Indian Classical music, which has had an extensive history with spirituality in music. This performance can bring our minds together and test the depth of ecstasy in music and leave us charged with exhilaration, respect and love for all life.
Babu was nominated for two SAMA awards in May 2009. Babu also received a standing ovation at the Standard Bank Jazz Festival in Grahamstown in July 2009 and featured Kesivan Naidoo as the Standard Bank Young Artist of the Year 2009.
